Rail-joint.



W. A. MONTGOMERY.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, I915.

1, 176,081. Patented Mar. 21,1916.

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RAIL JOINT.

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WILLIAM A. MONTGOMERY, OF HIGHLANDS, VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JO INT.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented M111. 21, 1916.

Application filed August 21, 1915. SeriaLNo. 46,669.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. MONT- GOMERY,a citizen-of the United States, residing at Richlan'ds, in the countyof'Tazewell and State of Virginia, have invented new. and usefulImprovements inv Rail- Joints, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements'in means for connectingthe meeting ends of railway rails, and the object of the invention is tosimplify and improve the 8X- I A further object of the invention is toform the rails with longitudinally extending slots which enter from thebase thereof at the ends of said rails and to arrange within the saidslots a spline that is secured within the slots by suitable removablepins, the spline being further provided with openings which registerwith the bolt openings in the supporting member for the rails ends.

With the above and other objects in View, the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of two rails connectedin accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevationillustrating themanner in which the rails may he slid upon the supportto permit of the removal of one of the rails withrailway rails. Each ofthese rails at its end is centrally formed with a longitudinally extending slot 2, the said slot terminating below the head of the rail andcommunicating with the base ofthe rail. The web of each of the rails isprovided with two spaced openings, indicated by the numerals3 and 4respectively, the said openings passing' through the slot 2. The opening3 is smaller than the opening 4, andthe said opening 4 is provided toreceive the usual rail connecting bolt, while the opening 3 is providedto receive a removable pin 5 which is adapted to have its ends arrangedflush with the sides of the rail andwhich is adapted to secure withinthe alining slot 2 a connecting plate or spline 6. The connectingplate 6in addition to being provided with openings which receive the pins 5 isprovided with openings 7 which register with the boltopenings 4, andpreferably the plate has its opposite sides in clined or beveled fromits center to its edges. The numeral 8 designates a support which 18adapted to receive the rails ends. This support includes a substantiallyrectangular base 9 of any desired width and length and is channeled tocorrespond with the cross sectional shapeof the rails, the said railsbeing slid longitudinally within the said channel so that both the websand base portions of the rails will be firmly embraced by the walls ofthe channel. The upper edges of the sides 10 provided by the channel 11are adapted to engage with the underface of the heads of the rails andpreferably one of the sides, indicated by the numeral 12, is of agreater thickness than the opposite side, the said opposite side beingbeveled from its upper edge to its connection with the base of thesupport proper. Both of the sides are provided with registering openings1313 which also register with the bolt openings in the rails and passingthrough the alining openings are the usual bolts 14 which are providedwith retaining nuts 15. The base of the support is adapted to bearranged between two of the ties upon which the rails rest, and shouldone of the rails become injured in any manner, it is simply necessary toloosen the spikes and slide the rails longitudinally upon the base, asillustrated in Fig. 2, the securing bolts and nuts, of course, beingpreviously removed, and the pin connecting the spline or plate 6 will beforced laterally therefrom, so

V is thought, be readily understood.

that the spline connecting plate' will in a position to receive a newrail, as will, it

From the above" description, taken inconnectlon with the accompanyingdrawings,

the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will,itiis thought, be p'erfectly'apparent to those skilledin'the art towhich such invention. appertai'ns vwithout further detailed description.

1 Having thus described the invention, what I claim is '1. Incombination, two "rails having lon- 'gitudinal slots extendingqfromtheir ends and entering their base prti'ons,'a connectingflplatearrangedwithin the slots, pins passing through openings inthe rails andconnecting plate for sustaining the plate in the openings, the said:plate having openings alining with the'bolt openings in'the rails,

; a support, said support including a base member'which is channeled andwhich has boltopenings in the rails and in the connect-p ring plate,and'nuts for said b0lts.-

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2, In combinatiomtworails each having its ends centrally formed withalongitudi'nal 3 slot,ft he walls oif the slot from the entrance 7thereof being beveled toward eachother, a connecting plate having itssides beveled fromits. center toward itsiedges, and disposed within thewedge-shaped slots," pins 3 'for securing the ends of the connectingmember in the slots iofthe rails, a 'supportineluding a base providedwith sides, the inner c faces of the sides"conformingnto thefshapeof therails and said railsf'adapted to be'slid longitudinallyfbetween thesides :to center the rail'iends'u'pon s tp t eiofthesides ofthe supportbeing of agreater thick n-ess thanthelother'side," and the said'otherside being inclined from itslupperi' edge to 1 the base, bolt memberspassing through V openings in the saidsides, through the rails andthrough. the connecting plate {for the] j rails, and nut for the bolts.

Q'In .testimonywhereofI afiix' my signature? in presence of twowitnesses.

. mark Witnesses: f

W. BisrnA'r'r, C. G. NEsTER.

' Washington, D. G.

1 i. 1, Y WILLIAM A. -MONTGOMER;

